Summary
Please scroll down for full detailsDirective 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
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I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
For the attention of: Liz Williams
Department for Work and Pensions
Mayfield Court West Street
Sheffield
S1 4EP
UNITED KINGDOM
Email: separated.familiesprocurement@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: +44 1142601645Internet address(es):General address of the contracting authority: www.dwp.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: -
I.2) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
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I.3) Main activity
Social protection
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I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
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II.1) Description
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II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Innovation Fund - Support for Separated Families Round 1.
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II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: DWP intend to test a wide range of interventions in different localities of Great Britain. Project proposals must not duplicate existing provision for separating and separated parents in the same area - the provision must deliver support which would not otherwise be available in that locality. DWP may encourage second round bids from Great Britain regions not represented after the first round.
NUTS code
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II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
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II.1.4) Information on framework agreement
Not provided
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II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Government believes that strong and stable families are essential to a strong and stable society. When families do separate they should be offered the help and support required to help them work together in the best interest of their children.
The Government published the Green Paper Strengthening families, promoting parental responsibility: the future of child maintenance consultation paper in January 2011 which set out reform proposals and sought people’s views.
It was established that around half of CSA (Child Support Agency is a delivery arm of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission in Great Britain. Launched on April 5, 1993, the CSA is responsible for implementing the 1991 Child Support Act and subsequent legislation) parents with care and a majority of non-resident parents surveyed felt that they would make a family-based arrangement if they had the right support.
There currently is no central system which supports parents to think about child maintenance as part of a whole range of issues parents generally face when separating.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) are keen to learn what works best.
In helping separated parents to collaborate and resolve conflict in order to support their children.
DWP will provide £14 million of funding for the Innovation Fund - Support for Separated Families, with up to £9 million being apportioned to Round 1, with the remainder reserved for Round 2. This funding will support a range of projects for up to a two year period (and may be extended for a further year at the discretion of DWP) and will enable us to gather more evidence on the types of support that are most effective. The two key objectives of the Innovation Fund - Support for Separated Families are to:
— Increase the number of children benefiting from child maintenance arrangements by reducing conflict.
And improving collaboration between separated and separating parents. This will be achieved by developing.
Effective interventions that help parents make their own arrangements and avoid using the Courts or the CSA.
— Test a wide range of interventions in different areas of Great Britain (GB) and understand what is effective in encouraging collaboration and reducing conflict amongst separating and separated parents. CMEC will develop an evidence base of the most effective interventions across the spectrum of help and support available i.e. from intensive couple therapy to web based advice.
Please note that CMEC is due to return as a business unit of the Department for Work and Pensions from 31st July 2012. This is the first of two Innovation Fund - Support for Separated Families bidding rounds. DWP anticipates that there will be between 8 and 20 contracts in total let for the Innovation Fund - Support for Separated Families over both rounds, but precise numbers will depend on the quality and value of bids received. DWP anticipates that there will be between 4 and 10 contracts awarded in round one, but precise numbers will depend on the quality and value of the bids received. The second round of the Innovation Fund - Support for Separated Families is expected to commence early 2013.
DWP and CMEC want to test a range of different projects, therefore we will not award more than £1.5 million of funds to any one project in total (i.e. over the two year contract period (and may be extended for a further year at the discretion of DWP).
DWP welcome bids from public, private and voluntary sector organisations, either on their own or as part of.
A partnership with others. We know the voluntary sector bodies have a wide range of skills and expertise in working with separated families and would therefore particularly encourage them to bid, either as a main bidder or as a partner/sub-contractor.
Further details about the Innovation Fund - Support for Separated Families procurement and DWP’s requirements are available, on the Supplying DWP website and BravoSolution. The Initial Application Form and supporting documents will be available to download via the link below from the 16.7.2012.
https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
These are Part B services and the DWP will not be bound by the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as.
Amended) except as such Regulations provide.
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II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
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II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
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II.1.8) Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
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II.1.9) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
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II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
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II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
DWP expect to award between 8 and 20 contracts in total over the two bidding rounds. DWP anticipates that there will be between 4 and 10 contracts awarded in round one, but precise numbers will depend on the quality and value of the bids received. DWP want to test a range of different projects and will therefore not consider projects with a contract value (based on the total value of outcomes proposed) in excess of 1 500 000 GBP over the maximum two year contract period. Please note that the contract may be extended for an additional year at the discretion of DWP.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1,00 and 9 000 000,00 GBP
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II.2.2) Information about options
Not provided
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II.2.3) Information about renewals
Not provided
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II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
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III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
Parent Company Guarantees or equivalent, performance bonds or deposits may be required in appropriate circumstances.
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III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Requirements will be set out in the invitation to tender documentation.
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III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
No special legal form is required but if a contract is awarded to a consortium DWP may require the consortium to form a legal entity before entering into, or as a term of, the contract. DWP's specific requirements are to be determined but DWP may require that any contract(s) awarded be entered into by a single legal entity on the part of the successful bidder(s).
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III.1.4) Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
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III.2) Conditions for participation
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III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Any Supplier may be disqualified if any of the circumstances listed in Article 45 of the Public Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC (Regulation 23 of the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2006) apply to their organisation and suppliers will be asked to complete an appropriate declaration, which will be provided at a later stage.
Please note that any references to PQQ below should be read as IAF (Initial Application Form).
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender~: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register - Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk on 08003684850.
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III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: DWP will conduct a financial viability check at the Invitation to Tender stage to assure DWP that bidders have the financial capacity to deliver the services to the scale proposed. Further details will be set out in the Invitation to Tender documentation.
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III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
DWP's requirements will be set out in the Initial.
Application Form, copies of which are available on the.
BravoSolution (DWP's e tendering platform) website.
From the 16.7.2012. Completed Initial Application Forms must be returned to DWP no later than 10am on 17.8.2012, in accordance with the Instructions document.
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III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts
Not provided
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III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts
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III.3.1) Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
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III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Not provided
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Section IV: Procedure
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IV.1) Type of procedure
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IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted
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IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged number of operators: 30
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: An assessment of the response given in the Initial Application Form will be undertaken to ensure that project proposals do not duplicate any existing provision for separating and separated parents and deliver support which would not otherwise be available. The Department wants to test a range of different projects and therefore will not award more than £1.5 million of funds to any one project in total (over the maximum two years). Further details on the evaluation criteria will be provided in the Instructions document which will accompany.
The Initial Application Form. The Initial Application Form and supporting documents will be available to download for the BravoSolution website (DWP's e tendering platform) from the 16 July 2012 and can be accessed via https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml.
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IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
Not provided
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IV.2) Award criteria
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IV.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
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IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
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IV.3) Administrative information
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IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
UI_DWP_100466
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IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
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IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 17.8.2012 - 10:00
Payable documents: no
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IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
17.8.2012 - 10:00
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IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
3.10.2012
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IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
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IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
in days: 180 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
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IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders
Not provided
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Section VI: Complementary information
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VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: This notice relates to the first round of the Innovation Fund - Support for Separated Families procurement. The second round of the Innovation Fund - Support for Separated Families is expected to commence February 2013. Potential bidders should note that DWP expressly reserves the rights:
(i) cancel any such second round at any stage;
(ii) to not award any contract as a result of completion of the tendering competition for such second round; and
(iii) to make what ever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition for such second round; and in no circumstances will DWP be liable for any costs incurred by bidders.
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VI.2) Information about European Union funds
Not provided
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VI.3) Additional information
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
DWP expressly reserves the rights:
(i) to cancel this procurement at any stage;
(ii) to not award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and
(iii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
And in no circumstances will DWP be liable for any costs incurred by bidders.
This is a procurement for Part B services and DWP will not be bound by the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) except as such Regulations are applicable to Part B services. This contract(s) for Part B services is being advertised in the OJEU voluntarily.
The Innovation Fund - Support for Separated Families will be procured using a two stage tendering approach. For the first stage of the process,
Bidders will complete an initial Application Form. Bidders successful at this stage will then be invited to submit a tender for the second stage. Interested organisations wishing to tender are invited to visit the DWP BravoSolution website from the 16 July 2012 via the link below to view the specification and submit their Initial Application Form no later than 10am on 17 August 2012. https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml.
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VI.4) Procedures for appeal
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VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Department for Work and Pensions
Commercial Directorate - Sourcing, Level 4, Mayfield Court, 56 West Street
Sheffield
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VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: DWP will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered.
Into the court may only award damages and in the case of specified breaches of the rules may also order the termination of a contract and the levying of fines. Economic Operators seeking the termination of a contact (where this is permitted) may be required to bring action within 30-days, although this period is extended to 6-months in specified circumstances. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.
You may also care to note the information provided via the following web-links:
The DWP commercial complaints process – http://www.dwp.gov.uk/supplying-dwp/purchasing-in-dwp/dwpcommercialcomplaints/.
The office of Government Commerce (OGC) Supplier Feedback Service.
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VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Not provided
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VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
6.7.2012
